Asterisk
Set up an office phone system, make free or very cheap phone calls over the internet and create your own interactive voice response systems.
Description:
Asterisk is an open source/free software system which allows you to set up a telephone private branch exchange (PBX) and connect to other telephone services including the public telephone network. You can set up features such as voice mail, conference calling, interactive voice response (phone menus), and automatic call forwarding.
Asterisk can be connected to a VoIP provider to save cost on long distance calls and Asterisk has the ability to connect to one or more Asterisk server (multiple offices setup) and route calls between your offices.
Asterisk runs on a wide variety of operating systems including Linux, Mac OS X, OpenBSD, FreeBSD and Sun Solaris.
Website: Asterisk
Version: 1.4.14
License:Asterisk® is released as open source under the GNU General Public License (GPL), and it is available for download free of charge.
Costs: Asterisk Software is Free
Languages: Multi language support
System Requirements:
- Operating System/s: GNU/Linux x86/PPC,FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and Apple OS X.
- Hardware:
| System | SOHO System | Small System | Medium-Large System |
| Number of Channels | Up to 10 | Up to 15 | More than 15 |
| Minimum Hardware Recommended | 1-GHz x86, 512 MB RAM | 3-GHz x86, 2 GB RAM | Dual or Quadcore CPUs, multiple servers in a distributed architecture with 4 GB or higher memory |
- Additional software/plug-ins required:
- Asterisk requires the following applications / software.
- Sounds
- Default IVRi files and miscellaneous sound files. Prompts are available in English, Spanish, and French languages and in various codecs such as g722 (HD Voice), ulaw, alaw, gsm, and g729.
- Libpri
- Primary Rate ISDN (PRIi) library for T1/E1/J1 interfaces.
- Zaptel
- Kernel interface device drivers for Analog and Digital interface cards. Digium hardware requires Zaptel drivers.
- Sounds
- Asterisk requires the following applications / software.
- Asterisk Add-ons
- An addons package, which includes MySQL support for call detail records and MP3 support for MOH (Music on hold)
Installation Level:Difficult
Usage Level:Moderate
Troubleshooting Level:Difficult
Downloads and/or Service Links:
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| Download |
Installation and Configuration:
- Installation
- Asterisk Tutorials
- Asterisk Documentation Project
- Asterisk how-to videos
- Asterisk Wiki
- Asterisk Scratch Install / Slackware Linux
- Asterisk Scratch Install / Ubuntu (Forums)
Additional Resources: (FAQs, tutorials, documentations, manuals)